Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-07-29

ss3ss "a, Their O1~rafe Names
usrk Tun;n relates thai when he sei
saiI for sl4e Sandwich Islands he alons
II ali his fellow passengers found no
one At She wharf 10 bid him farewell
and wish him a safe return biarE ieii
lonely. sad and insignificant, SOLITARY
in the midst If crowd. ss he watched
The .iandshakings. the takings Of leave
and last drinks by his fellow i,assen-
gers and their hosfe Of friends But.
worse than ali. the thought woTnsed its
bitter way through his bosom. what
would ail the other passengers think OF
the man who set sail on ayoya2e to the
canni3,al Islands unwers- unliquored.
nnfarcwelIcd. He noticed that all those
in whose company he intended to dare
the dangers Of the deepwcre titled per-
sonages-Captains Majors. Judges or
Honorables-an all their friends. in
turn. were HoDorables, Judges. Majors
or Captains. There was not single
General. strange to say, in the whole
party A thought struck him. Waiting
until the ship had started, he jumped
upon the taffraii, waving his hat, and
shouted:
Goodbye, General
Instantly every hat in the crowd was
waved in the air and mighty shout
went up
Goodbye, GeneralT'
Mark stepped down from that taffrail
the most admired, thereafter TO be the
most courted, and oftenest invited to
take something of any one of all that
ships company. All of which goes TO
snow bow grateful to the average ma
dive and naturalized American mind is
the distinction which is, or is supposed
to be, conferred by title just as
stolen fruits are sweet, SO do those who
have no legal, military, naval. or civic
rights to the use of such appendages
most enjoy the verbal decoration Of
complimentary titles that serve as
handles to their obscure names. And
how absurd all this calling of titles
sounds in the ears of true Americans;
how odd it mnst sound to foreigner
who lands in the United States enter
tanning the idea that Americans have
no use for, and hold in light esteem all
such brumDsdgem. No wonder they
laugh at and decry US as nation of
snn!,s. '.All men were created equal"
we declared hundred years ago, and
yet We use titles with glibness that
would put TO shame Debrett or Burke
The Mail believes, however, that a man
who fought through the war and earned
his shoulder-strapsj is entitled to be given
his military designation. We find no
fault with him for being justly proud
of a well-earned fighting title But
the everlasting gable that confers Ii
| ties on men who were never in the
army or navy, who never enlisted even
for the purpose of jumping the bounty
is disgusting Corn-cutters. billiard
sharps, hangers on banjos and blowers
Of trombones dub themselves professor
Ponce justices, Justices Of the peace are
high Judges.
There are, so far as we know, but
two civic titles in the United States
| his Excellency, the Governor of Massa-
chusetts, and his ditto. of Kentucky
People who are ignorant of the pro-
prieties address our chief magistrate rs
his Excellency, the President. He is
plain Mr.. President, and should be so
addressed. He is the chief servant of
sixty millions of freemen. What honor
or distinction does he or can he gain
by having title pinned to him? No
more than if, instead OF his excellency.
he were called Your Serene High
Robbery. What glory clusters around
the name Lincoln-not the Honorable
MIR. Lincoln; not Chief
of the army, Abraham Lincoln; not his
Excclleney, President ius
the one simple. unadorned surname
Lincoln.
Tcnnyson, Disraeli-were they hon
ored by being betitled? We trow not
Would Washington be more esteemed
as Duke of Yorktown, Marquis Of
Trenton or Prince of Mt. Vernon? A.
well think of Grant as Duke of Apo
mattox, as think of plain, untitled q.
5. Grant lying on his back blowing
soap bubbles. No! This country is
not in the title business, and the use
of them here is what our British cousins
would call "blooming rot" Permit
the Mail to add-it is un-American.
snebbish, absurd Chicago Mail.